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For winter commuting; 2.5mm diving gloves, for summer commuting; OMP Tazio gloves
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Originally Posted by Medic Zero
(Post 15424149)
+1 to the wool and layering.
I use a system of layered gloves, skipping some if the weather is warmer/less windy/not raining 1) When it is cold out my base layer are thin silk motorcycle glove liners. I just went without these twice in the past week when it warmed up a bit. I've worn these every day since Fall. 2) My next layer is a pair of polyprolene gloves. These are technically "liners" as well, I get them from military surplus stores for a few bucks a pair and they last a long time. Wicking and insulation layer. 3) next is a pair of fingerless cycling gloves for the padding. 4) next is a pair of wool gloves over everything else. These really help with keeping the cold airflow away from my hands. I hate having cold hands and pogies would make me feel claustrophobic. These also make a huge difference in light rain, it takes a while for them to get soaked through, most of the time they just end up with a layer of moisture on the outside of them. 5) finally is a layer I very rarely use. This is an oversize pair of big rubber motorcycle gloves. Think something like Rubbermaid dish gloves or MOPP gear. These are for when it is really raining. Here in Seattle it rains a lot, but most of the time it is a very light rain and the above layers suffice for my nearly one hour commute. But on the rare cold day when it really rains, it sucks to have soaked hands, even with nice wicking layers and good wool on the outside, so I use the rubber overglove to keep all the rain out. Probably seems like a lot, but the silk liners feel nice and are very thin, the polyprolene gloves are rather thin as well and provide a little cushion while wicking and insulating. I hardly notice the wool ones over the top as they are quite light, kind of fluffy almost. |
I took a slide along the road once, and skimmed 1mm of leather off the palms of my mitts. Imagine the damage to my hands if I was mitt-less.
Hands are pretty essential for most activities and one of the slowest parts of the body to heal. Wear gloves. |
Originally Posted by chaadster
(Post 15425165)
Seriously? Up to 5 layers at a time?! That cannot be good for mobility, and it definitely ain't convenient!
Only affects mobility when I add the rubber overgloves, which I almost never do. The silk liners are paper thin, the polypro ones are thin and very flexible, the cycling gloves don't have fingers, and the wool ones are light and fluffy. |
I really like bar mitts/poagies for cold weather ($17 shipped - for more details). Adding these easily makes it feel 15 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it actually is (not to mention they keeping the rain off of your gloves).
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Spring and summer: racing fingerless gloves.
Autumn and most of the winter: leather "driving" gloves. I endure cold very well and need not much insulation. On really cold, -10C and colder days: skiing gloves. My commute is 11 km one way, flat, with strong wind sometimes. If it were longer, I'd need better shoes/socks, but not sure about gloves. |
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I occasionally wear a pair of $1 cotton gardening gloves. It's about the right temperature outside now for this type of glove. I wore them this evening to the grocery store. Worked pretty good.
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Spring, Summer and early Fall I wear fingerless gloves. In the cold I wear those brown cotton jersey gloves you see in convenience stores for about $2. They're good for me down to about 28°f. Below that I wear Loki mittens. They're convertible mittens and are warmer than hell. Those work down to -14°f. That's my personal low. But they're good sturdy gloves. The cotton jersey gloves, once they wear out they're easily replaced.
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Originally Posted by newridenewme
(Post 15416681)
What type of gloves do you find helpful for commuting and comfort
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I use some generic stretchy/gel padded half finger gloves that I get off eBay for about $6/pair for when it's warm.
At medium temps (say, 45*F down to about 10*F) I wear "cold weather work gloves" from Harbor Freight, $15, very warm, waterproof, grippy, durable: http://www.harborfreight.com/cold-we...rge-96606.html At very cold temps (< 10*F, down to -25*F so far) I wear blaze orange "hunting gloves" which are basically cheap thinsulate lined ski gloves. They go on sale for $15 or so at the local department store when it's hunting season. Very toasty and very orange. |
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